Mr. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the effect of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Montebello agreement of October 1983 on the number of short-range nuclear systems being deployed in Europe.
§ Mr. Ian StewartThe number of short-range nuclear systems deployed by NATO in Europe is published annually in annex A to the "Statement on the Defence Estimates". Following implementation of the reductions agreed by Ministers at Montebello in 1983, NATO's stockpile of nuclear warheads in Europe is at its lowest level for over 20 years.